On the recordMay 27, 2010
I have got to look the people in Plaquemines Parish in the eye and tell them I'm doing absolutely everything physically possible to save these marshlands.
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transcripts.cnn.comBilly Nungesser: “I have got to look the people in Plaquemines Parish in the eye and tell them I'm doing absolutely everything physically…”
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Nungesser emphasizes his responsibility to his constituents regarding the environmental crisis.
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Apr 18, 2011
We want to know everything. We want to know where is the money. We want to know why they're dragging their feet on the cleanup and why they're not giving us the assets they promised to leave here.
Apr 18, 2011
They have no plan; the Coast Guard nor BP has a plan. There's nobody cleaning up the marsh.
Apr 18, 2011
No. There's been a lot of excuses. Early on, the oyster beds, for instance, it's a three or four-year process. They came in and said, 'OK, we're going to make it right; we're going to pay you for four years.' Then they turned around and…
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They have no plan. The Coast Guard nor BP has a plan. There's nobody cleaning up the marsh. I want to see a plan. If you're not going to have a plan, get the hell out of the way and let us go do it ourselves.
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